Method for determining transmission timing in V2X UE

ABSTRACT

There is provided a method for determining transmission timing. The method may be performed by a terminal and comprise: receiving information on a first timing offset between a signal of a base station and a signal of a satellite and information on a reference cell; performing a time synchronization based on the signal of the satellite; and determining transmission timing based on the first timing offset and a second timing offset for the reference cell.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is the National Stage filing under 35 U.S.C. 371 ofInternational Application No. PCT/KR2017/002933, filed on Mar. 20, 2017,which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/315,023,filed on Mar. 30, 2016, and 62/416,171, filed on Nov. 2, 2016, thecontents of which are all hereby incorporated by reference herein intheir entireties.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to mobile communication.

Discussion of the Related Art

3^(rd) generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE)evolved from the universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) isintroduced as the 3GPP release 8. The 3GPP LTE uses orthogonal frequencydivision multiple access (OFDMA) in a downlink, and uses singlecarrier-frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) in an uplink. The3GPP LTE employs multiple input multiple output (MIMO) having up to fourantennas. In recent years, there is an ongoing discussion on 3GPPLTE-advanced (LTE-A) evolved from the 3GPP LTE.

In LTE/LTE-A, physical channels for LTE may be classified into downlinkchannels, that is, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and aphysical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and uplink channels, that is,a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and a physical uplink controlchannel (PUCCH).

There is a need for communication between pieces of UE located at aphysically close distance, that is, device to device (D2D)communication, due to an increase of user needs for social networkservice (SNS).

D2D communication may be performed between pieces of UE located incoverage of a base station or may be performed between pieces of UElocated out of coverage of the base station. Furthermore, D2Dcommunication may be performed between UE located out of coverage of abase station and UE located in coverage of the base station.

Contents regarding D2D may be applied to vehicle-to-everything (V2X).V2X generally refers to a communication technology through a vehicle andall of interfaces. An implementation form of V2X may be various, such asvehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I),vehicle-to-person (V2P), and vehicle-to-network (V2N).

From among various implementation examples of V2X, an implementationexample of V2V communication is described. There is a good possibilitythat a vehicle may be located in a shadow area in coverage of a basestation or may be located out of coverage of a base station. However,there is a problem in that the existing 3GPP standard is not suitablefor an implementation example of V2V communication because D2D UE issynchronized with time sync based on a sync signal (i.e., the time of adownlink subframe) from a base station in the existing 3GPP standard.

According to the disclosure of the present invention, the problem of theconventional technology described above may be solved.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve theabove-mentioned problems.

To achieve the foregoing object, a disclosure of the present inventionproposes a method for determining transmission timing. The method may beperformed by a vehicle to vehicle (V2V) terminal and comprise: receivinginformation on a first timing offset to a timing derived from a signalof a satellite and information on a reference cell, wherein the firsttiming offset is determined by a base station; performing a timesynchronization based on the signal of the satellite; and determiningtransmission timing based on the first timing offset and a second timingoffset for the reference cell.

The first timing offset may include a direct frame number (DFN) offsetfor adjusting the time synchronization performed based on the signal ofthe satellite.

The information on the reference signal may be received if timesynchronization is performed based on the signal of the satellite.

The time synchronization may be performed based on the signal of thesatellite if the terminal is located in coverage of the base station orout of coverage of the base station.

The satellite may be a global navigation satellite system (GNSS).

The transmission timing may be determined by(N_(TA,SL)+N_(TA offset)+N_(GNSSoffset))·T_(s). In this case, N_(TA,SL)indicates a timing offset applied for a sidelink for communicating witha neighboring terminal, N_(GNSSoffset) indicates the first timingoffset, N_(TA offset) corresponds to the second timing offset andindicates a timing advance offset, and T_(s) indicates a basic timeunit.

The method may further comprise transmitting a signal to a neighboringterminal on the determined transmission timing.

To achieve the foregoing object, a disclosure of the present inventionalso proposes a vehicle to vehicle (V2V) terminal for determiningtransmission timing. The V2V terminal may comprise: a transceiver; and aprocessor operatively connected to the transceiver and configured to:receive information on a first timing offset to a timing derived from asignal of a satellite and information on a reference cell, wherein thefirst timing offset is determined by a base station, perform a timesynchronization based on the signal of the satellite, and determinetransmission timing based on the first timing offset and a second timingoffset for the reference cell.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a wireless communication system.

FIG. 2 illustrates a structure of a radio frame according to FDD in 3GPPLTE.

FIG. 3 illustrates a structure of a downlink radio frame according toTDD in the 3GPP LTE.

FIG. 4 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a resource grid for oneuplink or downlink slot in the 3GPP LTE.

FIG. 5 illustrates a structure of a downlink subframe.

FIG. 6 illustrates the architecture of an uplink subframe in 3GPP LTE.

FIG. 7 shows the concept of device to device (D2D) communication whichis expected to be introduced into a next-generation communicationsystem.

FIG. 8 shows an example of D2D communication or ProSe communicationbetween UE #1 and UE #2 shown in FIG. 7.

FIG. 9 shows an example in which the UE #2 selects relay UE in FIG. 7.

FIG. 10 is an exemplary diagram showing the concept of V2X.

FIG. 11 is an exemplary diagram showing an example in which a signalfrom a satellite is used as a sync signal for V2X communication.

FIG. 12 is an exemplary diagram showing a first disclosure of thisspecification.

FIGS. 13a and 13b are exemplary diagrams showing an example forillustrating a second disclosure of this specification.

FIGS. 14a and 14b are exemplary diagrams showing another example forillustrating the second disclosure of this specification.

FIG. 15 is an exemplary diagram showing the second disclosure of thisspecification.

FIG. 16 is an exemplary diagram showing a combination of the firstdisclosure and second disclosure of this specification.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing a wireless communication system inwhich the disclosure of this specification is implemented.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

Hereinafter, based on 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) longterm evolution (LTE) or 3GPP LTE-advanced (LTE-A), the present inventionwill be applied. This is just an example, and the present invention maybe applied to various wireless communication systems. Hereinafter, LTEincludes LTE and/or LTE-A.

The technical terms used herein are used to merely describe specificembodiments and should not be construed as limiting the presentinvention. Furthermore, the technical terms used herein should be,unless defined otherwise, interpreted as having meanings generallyunderstood by those skilled in the art but not too broadly or toonarrowly. Furthermore, the technical terms used herein, which aredetermined not to exactly represent the spirit of the invention, shouldbe replaced by or understood by such technical terms as being able to beexactly understood by those skilled in the art. Furthermore, the generalterms used herein should be interpreted in the context as defined in thedictionary, but not in an excessively narrowed manner.

The expression of the singular number in the present invention includesthe meaning of the plural number unless the meaning of the singularnumber is definitely different from that of the plural number in thecontext. In the following description, the term “include” or “have” mayrepresent the presence of a feature, a number, a step, an operation, aelement, a part or a combination thereof described in the presentinvention, and may not exclude the presence or addition of anotherfeature, another number, another step, another operation, anotherelement, another part or the combination thereof.

The terms “first” and “second” are used for the purpose of explanationabout various elements, and the elements are not limited to the terms“first” and “second”. The terms “first” and “second” are only used todistinguish one element from another element. For example, a firstelement may be named as a second element without deviating from thescope of the present invention.

It will be understood that when an element or layer is referred to asbeing “connected to” or “coupled to” another element or layer, it can bedirectly connected or coupled to the other element or layer orintervening elements or layers may be present. In contrast, when anelement is referred to as being “directly connected to” or “directlycoupled to” another element or layer, there are no intervening elementsor layers present.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will bedescribed in greater detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.In describing the present invention, for ease of understanding, the samereference numerals are used to denote the same elements throughout thedrawings, and repetitive description on the same elements will beomitted. Detailed description on well-known arts which are determined tomake the gist of the invention unclear will be omitted. The accompanyingdrawings are provided to merely make the spirit of the invention readilyunderstood, but not should be intended to be limiting of the invention.It should be understood that the spirit of the invention may be expandedto its modifications, replacements or equivalents in addition to what isshown in the drawings.

As used herein, a “base station” commonly refers to a fixed station thatcommunicates with a wireless device and may be denoted as another term,such as an evolved-NodeB (eNB), a base transceiver system (BTS) or anaccess point.

As used herein, “user equipment (UE)” may be stationary or mobile, andmay be denoted as another term, such as a device, a wireless device, aterminal, a mobile station (MS), a user terminal (UT), a subscriberstation (SS), or a mobile terminal (MT).

FIG. 1 illustrates a wireless communication system.

As seen with reference to FIG. 1, the wireless communication systemincludes at least one base station (BS) 20. Each base station 20provides a communication service to specific geographical areas(commonly referred to as cells) 20 a, 20 b, and 20 c. The cell can befurther divided into a plurality of areas (sectors).

The UE generally belongs to one cell and the cell to which the UE belongis referred to as a serving cell. A base station that provides thecommunication service to the serving cell is referred to as a servingBS. Since the wireless communication system is a cellular system,another cell that neighbors to the serving cell is present. Another cellwhich neighbors to the serving cell is referred to a neighbor cell. Abase station that provides the communication service to the neighborcell is referred to as a neighbor BS. The serving cell and the neighborcell are relatively decided based on the UE.

Hereinafter, a downlink means communication from the base station 20 tothe UE 10 and an uplink means communication from the UE 10 to the basestation 20. In the downlink, a transmitter may be a part of the basestation 20 and a receiver may be a part of the UE 10. In the uplink, thetransmitter may be a part of the UE 10 and the receiver may be a part ofthe base station 20.

Meanwhile, the wireless communication system may be generally dividedinto a frequency division duplex (FDD) type and a time division duplex(TDD) type. According to the FDD type, uplink transmission and downlinktransmission are achieved while occupying different frequency bands.According to the TDD type, the uplink transmission and the downlinktransmission are achieved at different time while occupying the samefrequency band. A channel response of the TDD type is substantiallyreciprocal. This means that a downlink channel response and an uplinkchannel response are approximately the same as each other in a givenfrequency area. Accordingly, in the TDD based wireless communicationsystem, the downlink channel response may be acquired from the uplinkchannel response. In the TDD type, since an entire frequency band istime-divided in the uplink transmission and the downlink transmission,the downlink transmission by the base station and the uplinktransmission by the terminal may not be performed simultaneously. In theTDD system in which the uplink transmission and the downlinktransmission are divided by the unit of a subframe, the uplinktransmission and the downlink transmission are performed in differentsubframes.

Hereinafter, the LTE system will be described in detail.

FIG. 2 shows a downlink radio frame structure according to FDD of 3rdgeneration partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE).

The radio frame includes 10 subframes indexed 0 to 9. One subframeincludes two consecutive slots. Accordingly, the radio frame includes 20slots. The time taken for one subframe to be transmitted is called atransmission time interval (TTI). For example, the length of onesubframe may be 1 ms, and the length of one slot may be 0.5 ms.

The structure of the radio frame is for exemplary purposes only, andthus the number of subframes included in the radio frame or the numberof slots included in the subframe may change variously.

Meanwhile, one slot may include a plurality of orthogonal frequencydivision multiplexing (OFDM) symbols. The number of OFDM symbolsincluded in one slot may vary depending on a cyclic prefix (CP). Oneslot includes 7 OFDM symbols in case of a normal CP, and one slotincludes 6 OFDM symbols in case of an extended CP. Herein, since the3GPP LTE uses orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) indownlink (DL), the OFDM symbol is only for expressing one symbol periodin a time domain, and there is no limitation in a multiple access schemeor terminologies. For example, the OFDM symbol may also be referred toas another terminology such as a single carrier frequency divisionmultiple access (SC-FDMA) symbol, a symbol period, etc.

FIG. 3 illustrates the architecture of a downlink radio frame accordingto TDD in 3GPP LTE.

Sub-frames having index #1 and index #6 are denoted special subframes,and include a downlink pilot time slot (DwPTS), a guard period (GP) andan uplink pilot time slot (UpPTS). The DwPTS is used for initial cellsearch, synchronization, or channel estimation in a terminal. The UpPTSis used for channel estimation in the base station and for establishinguplink transmission sync of the terminal. The GP is a period forremoving interference that arises on uplink due to a multi-path delay ofa downlink signal between uplink and downlink.

In TDD, a downlink (DL) subframe and an uplink (UL) subframe coexist inone radio frame. Table 1 shows an example of the configuration of aradio frame.

TABLE 1 Switch- UL-DL point Subframe index configuration periodicity 0 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 5 ms D S U U U D S U U U 1 5 ms D S U U D D S U U D 25 ms D S U D D D S U D D 3 10 ms  D S U U U D D D D D 4 10 ms  D S U U DD D D D D 5 10 ms  D S U D D D D D D D 6 5 ms D S U U U D S U U D

In TDD, a DL (downlink) subframe and a UL (Uplink) co-exist in one radioframe. Table 1 shows an example of configuration of a radio frame.

“D” denotes a DL subframe, “U” is a UL subframe, and “S” is a specialsubframe. When receiving a UL-DL configuration from a base station, aterminal may be aware whether a subframe is a DL subframe or a ULsubframe based on the configuration of a radio frame.

TABLE 2 Normal CP in downlink Extended CP in downlink UpPTS UpPTSSpecial Normal Extended Normal Extended subframe CP in CP in CP in CP inconfiguration DwPTS uplink uplink DwPTS uplink uplink 0  6592 * Ts2192 * Ts 2560 * Ts  7680 * Ts 2192 * Ts 2560 * Ts 1 19760 * Ts 20480 *Ts 2 21952 * Ts 23040 * Ts 3 24144 * Ts 25600 * Ts 4 26336 * Ts  7680 *Ts 4384 * Ts 5120 * ts 5  6592 * Ts 4384 * Ts 5120 * ts 20480 * Ts 619760 * Ts 23040 * Ts 7 21952 * Ts — 8 24144 * Ts —

FIG. 4 illustrates an example resource grid for one uplink or downlinkslot in 3GPP LTE.

Referring to FIG. 4, the uplink slot includes a plurality of orthogonalfrequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in the time domain and Nresource blocks (NRBs) in the frequency domain. For example, in the LTEsystem, the number of resource blocks (RBs), i.e., NRBs, may be one of 6to 110.

The RB is a unit of resource allocation and includes a plurality ofsub-carriers in the frequency domain. For example, if one slot includesseven OFDM symbols in the time domain and the RB includes 12sub-carriers in the frequency domain, one RB may include 7×12 resourceelements (REs).

Meanwhile, the number of sub-carriers in one OFDM symbol may be one of128, 256, 512, 1024, 1536, and 2048.

In 3GPP LTE, the resource grid for one uplink slot shown in FIG. 4 mayalso apply to the resource grid for the downlink slot.

FIG. 5 illustrates the architecture of a downlink subframe.

In FIG. 5, assuming the normal CP, one slot includes seven OFDM symbols,by way of example.

The DL subframe is split into a control region and a data region in thetime domain. The control region includes up to first three OFDM symbolsin the first slot of the subframe. However, the number of OFDM symbolsincluded in the control region may be changed. A physical downlinkcontrol channel (PDCCH) and other control channels are assigned to thecontrol region, and a PDSCH is assigned to the data region.

In 3GPP LTE, physical channels may be classified into data channels,such as a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a physical uplinkshared channel (PUSCH), and control channels, such as a physicaldownlink control channel (PDCCH), a physical control format indicatorchannel (PCFICH), a physical hybrid-ARQ indicator channel (PHICH), and aphysical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

FIG. 6 illustrates the architecture of an uplink subframe in 3GPP LTE.

Referring to FIG. 6, the uplink subframe may be separated into a controlregion and a data region in the frequency domain. The control region isassigned a PUCCH for transmission of uplink control information. Thedata region is assigned a PUSCH for transmission of data (in some cases,control information may also be transmitted).

The PUCCH for one terminal is assigned in a resource block (RB) pair inthe subframe. The resource blocks in the resource block pair take updifferent sub-carriers in each of the first and second slots. Thefrequency occupied by the resource blocks in the resource block pairassigned to the PUCCH is varied with respect to a slot boundary. This isreferred to as the RB pair assigned to the PUCCH having beenfrequency-hopped at the slot boundary.

The terminal may obtain a frequency diversity gain by transmittinguplink control information through different sub-carriers over time. mis a location index that indicates a logical frequency domain locationof a resource block pair assigned to the PUCCH in the subframe.

The uplink control information transmitted on the PUCCH includes ahybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ), acknowledgement(ACK)/non-acknowledgement (NACK), a channel quality indicator (CQI)indicating a downlink channel state, and a scheduling request (SR) thatis an uplink radio resource allocation request.

The PUSCH is mapped with a UL-SCH that is a transport channel. Theuplink data transmitted on the PUSCH may be a transport block that is adata block for the UL-SCH transmitted for the TTI. The transport blockmay be user information. Alternatively, the uplink data may bemultiplexed data. The multiplexed data may be data obtained bymultiplexing the transport block for the UL-SCH and control information.For example, the control information multiplexed with the data mayinclude a CQI, a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), an HARQ, and a rankindicator (RI). Alternatively, the uplink data may include only ofcontrol information.

<Carrier Aggregation (CA)>

A carrier aggregation system is described hereinafter.

A carrier aggregation system aggregates a plurality of componentcarriers (CCs). A conventional definition of a cell is changed accordingto carrier aggregation. According to carrier aggregation, a cell maydenote a combination of a downlink component carrier and an uplinkcomponent carrier or a downlink component carrier alone.

Furthermore, in carrier aggregation, cells may be divided into a primarycell, a secondary cell, and a serving cell. A primary cell denotes acell operating at a primary frequency, in which UE performs an initialconnection establishment procedure or a connection reestablishmentprocedure with a BS or which is designated as a primary cell in ahandover procedure. A secondary cell denotes a cell operating at asecondary frequency, which is configured once RRC connection isestablished and is used to provide an additional radio resource.

As described above, the carrier aggregation system may support aplurality of component carriers (CCs), that is, a plurality of servingcells, unlike a single carrier system.

The carrier aggregation system may support cross-carrier scheduling.Cross-carrier scheduling is a scheduling method for performing resourceallocation for a PDSCH transmitted through a different component carrierthrough a PDCCH transmitted through a specific component carrier and/orresource allocation for a PUSCH transmitted through a component carrierdifferent from a component carrier basically linked with the specificcomponent carrier.

<Device to Device (D2D) Communication>

D2D communication which is expected to be introduced into anext-generation communication system is described below.

FIG. 7 shows the concept of device to device (D2D) communication whichis expected to be introduced into a next-generation communicationsystem.

There is a need for communication between pieces of UE located at aphysically close distance, that is, device to device (D2D)communication, due to an increase of user needs for social networkservice (SNS).

In order to reflect the aforementioned needs, as shown in FIG. 8, ascheme for direct communication between UE #1 100-1, UE #2 100-2, and UE#3 100-3 or between UE #4 100-4, UE #5 100-5, and UE #6 100-6 withoutthe intervention of an eNodeB (eNB) 200 is being discussed. The UE #1100-1 and the UE #4 100-4 may directly communicate with each other withthe help of the base station 200. The UE #4 100-4 may play the role of arelay node for the UE #5 100-5 and the UE #6 100-6. Likewise, the UE #1100-1 may play the role of a relay node for the UE #2 100-2 and the UE#3 100-3 which are located far from the center of a cell.

D2D communication is also called a proximity service (ProSe).Furthermore, UE that performs a ProSe is also called ProSe UE.Furthermore, a link between pieces of UE used for the D2D communicationis also called a sidelink. A frequency band which may be used in thesidelink is as follows.

TABLE 3 Sidelink E-UTRA Transmission Reception Duplex band band F_(UL)_(—) _(low)-F_(UL) _(—) _(high) F_(DL) _(—) _(low)-F_(DL) _(—) _(high)mode 2 2 1850 MHz-1910 MHz 1850 MHz-1910 MHz HD 3 3 1710 MHz-1785 MHz1710 MHz-1785 MHz HD 4 4 1710 MHz-1755 MHz 1710 MHz-1755 MHz HD 7 7 2500MHz-2570 MHz 2500 MHz-2570 MHz HD 14 14 788 MHz-798 MHz 788 MHz-798 MHzHD 20 20 832 MHz-862 MHz 832 MHz-862 MHz HD 26 26 814 MHz-849 MHz 814MHz-849 MHz HD 28 28 703 MHz-748 MHz 703 MHz-748 MHz HD 31 31 452.5MHz-457.5 MHz  452.5MHz-457.5 MHz HD 41 41 2496 MHz-2690 MHz 2496MHz-2690 MHz HD

Physical channels used in the sidelink are as follows.

A physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH)

A physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH)

A physical sidelink discovery channel (PSDCH)

A physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH)

Furthermore, physical signals used in the sidelink are as follows.

A demodulation reference signal (DMRS)

A sidelink sync signal (SLSS)

The SLSS includes a primary sidelink sync signal (PSLSS) and a secondarysidelink sync signal (SSLSS).

FIG. 8 shows an example of D2D communication or ProSe communicationbetween UE #1 and UE #2 shown in FIG. 7.

Referring to FIG. 8, the base station 200 broadcasts a systeminformation block (SIB) to the cell.

The SIB may include information about a resource pool related to D2Dcommunication. The information about a resource pool related to D2Dcommunication may be divided into an SIB type 18 and an SIB type 19.

The SIB type 18 may include resource configuration information for D2Dcommunication. Furthermore, the SIB type 19 may include resourceconfiguration information for D2D discovery.

The SIB type 19 includes discSyncConfig as follows.

TABLE 4 SIB type 19 discSyncConfig Indicates a configuration regardingwhether UE is permitted to receive or transmit sync information. A basestation (E-UTRAN) may configure discSyncConfig when UE attempts to sendsync information using dedicated signaling.

The discSyncConfig includes SL-SyncConfig. The SL-SyncConfig includesconfiguration information for the reception of an SLCC and thetransmission of an SLSS as in the following table.

TABLE 5 Description of an SL-SyncConfig field discSyncWindow It is alsocalled a searching window. It indicates a sync window that UE expects anSLSS. The value may be set to w1 or w2. The value w1 indicates 5milliseconds, and the value w2 corresponds to a length obtained bydividing a normal CP by 2. syncTxPeriodic It indicates whether UE sendsan SLSS once or periodically (e.g., every 40 ms) within each period of adiscovery signal transmitted by the UE. In the case of periodicaltransmission, UE also sends MasterInformationBlock-SL. syncTxThreshIC Itindicates a threshold value used in coverage. If an RSRP value measuredwith respect to counterpart UE (recognized like a cell) selected forsidelink communication is lower than the threshold value, UE may send anSLCC for sidelink communication with the counterpart UE. txParameters Itincludes the parameter of a configuration for transmission.

The UE #1 100-1 located in coverage of the base station 200 establishesRRC connection with the base station 200.

Furthermore, the UE #1 100-1 receives an RRC message, for example, anRRC Connection Reconfiguration message from the base station 200. TheRRC message includes a discovery configuration (hereinafter referred toas “discConfig”). The discConfig includes configuration informationabout a discover resource pool (hereinafter referred to as“DiscResourcePool”). The DiscResourcePool includes information listed inthe following table.

TABLE 6 DiscResourcePool discPeriod It may also be indicated as adiscovery period and may also be called a PSDCH period, that is, theperiod of a resource allocated within a cell for thetransmission/reception of a discovery message. The value may be rf32,rf64, rf128, rf256, rf512, or rf1024. Such a value indicates the numberof radio frames. That is, when the value is rf32, it indicates 32 radioframes. numRepetition It indicates a number value that subframeBitmap tobe mapped to a subframe generated within the discPeriod is repeated. Abase station configures the numRepetition and the subframeBitmap so thatthe mapped subframe does not exceed the discPeriod. TF- It designates aset of time/frequency resources used ResourceConfig for sidelinkcommunication.

The TF-ResourceConfig includes information listed in the followingtable.

TABLE 7 SL-TF-ResourceConfig-r12 ::= SEQUENCE {     prb-Num-r12 INTEGER(1..100),     prb-Start-r12      INTEGER (0..99),     prb-End-r12INTEGER (0..99),     offsetIndicator-r12      SL-OffsetIndicator-r12,    subframeBitmap-r12      SubframeBitmapSL-r12 }

The SubframeBitmapSL is the same listed in the following table.

TABLE 8 SubframeBitmapSL It may also be indicated asdiscoverySubframeBitmap and designates a subframe bitmap indicative of aresource used in a sidelink. The value may be designated as bs4, bs8,bs12, bs16, bs30, bs40 or bs40. For example, the value bs40 means a bitstring length of 40.

The SL-Offsetlndicator includes information listed in the followingtable.

TABLE 9 SL-OffsetIndicator It may also be indicated asdiscoveryOffsetIndicator and indicates an offset of the first period ofa resource pool within an SFN cycle. SL-OffsetIndicatorSync It may alsobe indicated as SyncOffsetIndicator and indicates a relation betweenSFNs and a subframe included in a sync resource according to anequation. (SFN*10+ Subframe Number) mod 40 = SL-OffsetlndicatorSync.

In order for the UE #1 100-1 to discover suitable UE nearby for D2Dcommunication or ProSe communication or in order for the UE #1 100-1 toprovide notification of its presence, it may send a discovery signalthrough a PSDCH.

Furthermore, the UE #1 100-1 may send scheduling assignment (SA) througha PSCCH. Furthermore, the UE #1 100-1 may send a PSSCH including databased on the scheduling assignment (SA).

FIG. 9 shows an example in which the UE #2 selects relay UE in FIG. 7.

Referring to FIG. 9 along with FIG. 7, the UE #2 100-2 located out ofcoverage of the base station receives a discovery signal and a DMRS forthe demodulation of the discovery signal from adjacent pieces of UE inorder to perform D2D communication with the UE #1 100-1 which is locatedin coverage of the base station and may operate as relay UE.Furthermore, the UE #2 100-2 receives a PSBCH and a DMRS for thedemodulation of the PSBCH from adjacent pieces of UE.

Accordingly, the UE #2 100-2 performs measurement based on the receivedsignals.

The measurement includes the measurement of sidelink reference signalreceived power (S-RSRP) and the measurement of sidelink discoveryreference signal received power (SD-RSRP).

In this case, the S-RSRP means average received power on a resourceelement (RE) including the DMRS for the demodulation of the PSBCHreceived within 6 PBBs in the middle. In this case, power per RE isdetermined based on energy received on a portion other than the CPportion of an OFDM symbol.

The SD-RSRP means average received power on an RE including a DMRS forthe demodulation of a PSDCH if a CRC check is successful depending onthe successful decoding of the PSDCH including the discovery signal.

When the measurement is completed, the UE #2 100-2 selects the UE #1100-1 which may operate as relay UE based on a result of themeasurement, that is, a result of the measurement of the SD-RSRP.

<Vehicle-to everything (V2X)>

The contents regarding D2D may also be applied to vehicle-to-everything(V2X). V2X collectively refers to a communication technology through avehicle and all of interfaces. An implementation form of V2X may be asfollows.

First, in V2X, “X” may be a vehicle. In this case, V2X may be indicatedas vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and may mean communication between vehicles.

FIG. 10 is an exemplary diagram showing the concept of V2X.

As may be seen with reference to FIG. 10, vehicles (i.e., radio devices100-1, 100-2, and 100-3 mounted on the vehicles) may perform mutualcommunication.

In V2X, “X” may mean a person or a pedestrian. In this case, V2X may beindicated as a vehicle-to-person or vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P). In thiscase, the pedestrian is not necessarily limited to a person who walks,but may include a person who rides a bicycle and a driver or passengeron a (specific speed or less) vehicle.

Alternatively, “X” may mean an infrastructure/network. In this case, V2Xmay be indicated as vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) or avehicle-to-network (V2N), and may mean communication between a vehicleand a roadside unit (RSU) or between a vehicle and a network. The RSUmay be traffic-related infrastructure, for example, a device thatprovides notification of speed. The RSU may be implemented in a basestation or fixed UE.

From among various implementation examples of V2X, an implementationexample of V2V communication is described below. There is a goodpossibility that a vehicle may be located in a shadow area in coverageof a base station or may be located out of the coverage of the basestation.

However, there is a problem in that the existing 3GPP standard is notsuitable for an implementation example of V2V communication because D2DUE is synchronized with time sync based on a sync signal (i.e., the timeof a downlink subframe) from a base station in the existing 3GPPstandard. In order to solve the problem, a signal from a satellite maybe used as a sync signal for V2V communication. This is described withreference to FIG. 11.

FIG. 11 is an exemplary diagram showing an example in which a signalfrom a satellite is used as a sync signal for V2X communication.

Referring to FIG. 11, V2X UE C 100-3 and V2X UE D 100-4 are present incoverage (IC) of a base station 200, and V2X UE A 100-1 and V2X UE B100-2 are present out of coverage (OoC) of the base station.Furthermore, the V2X UE A 100-1, the V2X UE B 100-2, and the V2X UE D100-4 may receive a signal from the satellite.

The V2X UE A 100-1 and the V2X UE B 100-2 are unable to receive a syncsignal from the base station because they are located out of coverage ofthe base station, but are able to receive the signal from the satellite.Accordingly, the V2X UE A 100-1 and the V2X UE B 100-2 may use thesignal from the satellite as a sync signal for V2X communication. Thesignal from the satellite may be a global positing system (GPS) signalor a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signal, for example.

However, there may be a problem if the sync signal from the base stationand the signal from the satellite (e.g., GNSS) have not been subjectedto time sync. For example, there is a problem in that a signal that hasbeen subjected to time sync based on the signal from the satellite(e.g., GNSS) and that is transmitted by the V2X UE C 100-3 in FIG. 11may cause interference with the base station that receives an uplinksignal through the same frequency.

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Accordingly, the disclosure of this specification proposes schemes forsolving the aforementioned problem.

I. First Disclosure

First, a scenario in which V2X UE is located in coverage (IC) and ascenario in which V2X UE is located out of coverage (OoC) may be takeninto consideration as a scenario for using a satellite signal as a syncsignal in V2X communication.

In existing D2D communication (i.e., sidelink), a need for transmissiontiming and a timing error has been determined as follows with respect toeach of the scenarios.

A. In the case of in coverage (IC)

Transmission timing: transmission timing of D2D UE (or ProSe UE) is(N_(TA,SL)+N_(TA offset))·T_(S). In this case, the N_(TA offset) meanstransmission timing adjustment or transmission timing advance offsetexpressed as a T_(s) unit. The N_(TA,SL) is a timing offset between asidelink and a radio frame, that is, a criterion for timing, and isexpressed as a T_(s) unit. N_(TA,SL)=N_(TA) or N_(TA,SL)=0. The N_(TA)means a timing offset between an uplink radio frame and a downlink radioframe.

A timing error: a timing error T_(e) is listed in the following table.

TABLE 10 Downlink bandwidth (MHz) T_(e) 1.4 24*T_(S) ≥3 12*T_(S)

In this case, T_(S) is a basic time unit and T_(S)=1/(15000×2048)seconds.

B. In the case of out of coverage (OoC)

Transmission timing: transmission timing of D2D UE (or ProSe UE) is(N_(TA,SL)+N_(TA offset))·T_(S). In this case, N_(TA offset)=0 orN_(TA,SL)=0.

A timing error: a timing error T_(e) is listed in the following table.

TABLE 11 Sidelink bandwidth (MHz) T_(e) ≥1.4 24*T_(S)

Compared to the aforementioned existing requirement, transmission timingrequirement based on a signal from a satellite (e.g., GNSS) may beimproved as follows.

In an actual environment, a timing offset may be present between a syncsignal from a satellite and a downlink signal from a base station.

If V2X UE does not have information about a timing offset in a situationin which it has been located in coverage and if the V2X UE attempts touse a signal from a satellite with higher priority than a downlinksignal from a base station for time synchronization, a signaltransmitted by the V2X UE may cause interference with a signaltransmitted by another V2X UE.

In order to minimize such interference, the first disclosure of thisspecification proposes that the base station provides the V2X UE withinformation about the timing offset between the signal of the satellite(e.g., GNSS) and the downlink signal of the base station. To this end,the base station may need to have the capability to receive the signalfrom the satellite. If the timing offset received by the V2X UE from thebase station is expressed by N_(GNSSoffset), for example, thetransmission timing of the V2X UE may be determined to be“(N_(TA,SL)+N_(TA offset)+N_(GNSSoffset))·T_(S).” In this case, therange of the timing offset N_(GNSSoffset) may be −500us≤N_(GNSSoffset)<500 us. That is, a maximum value of the timing offsetN_(GNSSoffset) may correspond to half (i.e., 500 us that is the lengthof one slot) the length (i.e., 1 ms) of a subframe. If the value of 500us is a positive number, this means that the downlink signal from thebase station is ahead of the signal from the satellite in terms of time.If the value of 500 us is a negative number, however, this means thatthe downlink signal from the base station is behind the signal from thesatellite in terms of time.

A unit of the timing offset N_(GNSSoffset) is 16*Ts.Ts=1/(15000*2048)s=1/(30.72) us.

This is described below with reference to FIG. 12.

FIG. 12 is an exemplary diagram showing a first disclosure of thisspecification.

Referring to FIG. 12, the base station 200 measures and calculates atiming offset (e.g., N_(GNSSoffset)) between its own downlink signal anda signal from a satellite (e.g., GNSS), and provides the V2X UE C 100-3with information about the calculated timing offset (e.g.,N_(GNSSoffset)).

The V2X UE C 100-3 performs time sync based on the signal from thesatellite (e.g., GNSS).

If the V2X UE C 100-3 performs V2X transmission, it determinestransmission timing based on the timing offset.

In this case, if the information about the timing offset (e.g.,N_(GNSSoffset)) indicates the time offset of the signal from thesatellite (e.g., GNSS) based on the downlink signal from the basestation, the V2X UE C 100-3 determines the transmission timing byapplying the timing offset based on the timing of the downlink signalfrom the base station. For example, the transmission timing may be“(N_(TA,SL)+N_(TA offset)+N_(GNSSoffset))·T_(S).” In this case, asdescribed above, if the range of the timing offset N_(GNSSoffset) is−500 us≤N_(GNSSoffset)<500 us and the unit of the timing offsetN_(GNSSoffset) is 16*Ts, the information about the timing offset is a11-bit length, which may indicate a value of −960˜959. For reference,−960 indicates −500 us/(16*Ts).

In contrast, if the information about the timing offset (e.g.,N_(GNSSoffset)) indicates the time offset of the downlink signal fromthe base station based on the signal from the satellite, the V2X UE C100-3 determines the transmission timing by applying the timing offsetbased on the timing of the signal from the satellite. For example, ifthe timing offset N_(GNSSoffset) is a positive number, the transmissiontiming may be “(N_(TA,SL)+N_(TAoffset)+N_(GNSSoffset−)30720)·T_(S).” Ifthe timing offset N_(GNSSoffset) is a negative number, however, thetransmission timing may be“(N_(TA,SL)+N_(TA offset)+N_(GNSSoffset))·T_(S).”

If the range of another timing offset N_(GNSSoffset) is defined as“0≤N_(GNSSoffset)<1” (i.e., the range of the timing offsetN_(GNSSoffset) is defined to be greater than 0 or to be a positivenumber), bits required to express information about the timing offsetare 11 bits, which may indicate a value between 0˜1919. In this case,the V2X UE may determine the transmission timing by applying the timingoffset based on the signal from the satellite. More specifically, thetransmission timing may be“(N_(TA,SL)+N_(TA offset)+N_(GNSSoffset)−30720)·T_(S).”

In contrast, if the range of the timing offset N_(GNSSoffset) is definedas “−1 ms≤N_(GNSSoffset)<0” (i.e., the range of the timing offsetN_(GNSSoffset) is defined to be smaller than 0 or to be a negativenumber), bits required to express information about the timing offsetare 11 bits, which may indicate a value between −1919˜0. In this case,the V2X UE may determine the transmission timing by applying the timingoffset based on the signal from the satellite. More specifically, thetransmission timing may be“(N_(TA,SL)+N_(TA offset)+N_(GNSSoffset))·T_(S).”

In other words, the first disclosure of this specification proposes thatthe base station provides the V2X UE with the information about thetiming offset as described above. The V2X UE obtains information aboutthe timing offset when it is located in coverage of the base station,and uses the timing offset when it is located out of coverage of thebase station.

A transmission error is described below. The existing requirements 24*Tsis the same as 0.78 ppm (parts per million) for 1 second, and theexisting requirements 12*Ts is the same as 0.4 ppm for 1 second.Assuming that the V2X UE has a satellite signal receiver having qualityof about 0.5 ppm, if the V2X UE performs time sync based on a signalform a satellite and sends a signal, it may determine a transmissionerror to be 24*Ts based on the values.

II. Second Disclosure

In the first disclosure, the timing offset N_(GNSSoffset) between thesignal from the satellite (e.g., GNSS) and the downlink signal of thebase station has been described. A timing advance offset fortransmission, that is, N_(TA,offset), in V2X communication is describedbelow.

In a conventional technology, the timing advance offset N_(TA,offset)has been determined as below.

N_(TA,offset)=0 Ts with respect to a frame structure type 1 (the FDDradio frame structure shown in FIG. 2)

N_(TA,offset)=624 Ts with respect to a frame structure type 2 (the TDDradio frame structure shown in FIG. 3)

Furthermore, in the case of D2D communication, the timing advance offsetN_(TA,offset) has been determined depending on the type of referencecell. A base station sends information about whether a reference cell isa serving cell, a PCell or an SCell or whether a reference cell is acell not a serving cell to UE. If UE is located out of coverage (OoC),the timing advance offset N_(TA,offset) is determined to be 0.

In the case of V2X communication, if a base station is a criterion fortime sync, the timing advance offset N_(TA,offset) is determined as inthe above D2D communication.

In the case of V2X communication, however, if a signal from a satellite(e.g., GNSS) is a criterion for time sync when V2X UE is located incoverage of a base station, the base station needs to notify the V2X UEof a direct frame number (DFN) offset. The DFN offset is a value thatshifts DFN #0 with respect to a sync time derived from the signal fromthe satellite (e.g., GNSS). That is, DFN timing=criterion timing derivedfrom the signal of the GNSS+a DFN offset. The V2X UE performstransmission for V2X communication based on the DFN.

In contrast, if the criterion for time sync is the downlink signal ofthe base station in coverage, the V2X UE applies the timing advanceoffset N_(TA,offset) for transmission in V2X communication based on thetype of reference cell received from the base station.

Thereafter, if the V2X UE moves out of coverage of the base station andthus the criterion for time sync has changed from the base station tothe satellite (e.g., GNSS), a DFN boundary for the V2X communicationneeds to be shifted by a DFN offset. In this case, if the V2X UE isalready aware of information about a reference cell and informationabout the reference cell is still valid, the V2X UE may maintain thetiming advance offset N_(TA,offset).

If information about the reference cell is not valid in a situation inwhich the V2X UE has been located in the area where the signal of thesatellite (e.g., GNSS) is a criterion for time sync or the V2X UE hasnot received information about the reference cell, however, the V2X UEperforms transmission for V2X communication by applying the timingadvance offset N_(TA,offset) based on a serving cell or PCell, whichcauses a problem.

A more detailed example is described with reference to FIGS. 13a and 13b.

FIGS. 13a and 13b are exemplary diagrams showing an example forillustrating the second disclosure of this specification.

Referring to FIG. 13a , the serving cell of V2X UE A 100-1 is aTDD-based cell. Furthermore, a reference cell is an FDD-based cell incoverage of the serving cell.

Thereafter, in the case where the V2X UE A 100-1 moves out of coverageof the base station of the serving cell and thus a signal from asatellite (e.g., GNSS) becomes a criterion for time sync, if a referencecell has not been defined or a reference cell is invalid, as shown inFIG. 13b , the timing advance offset N_(TA,offset) changes from 0T_(s)to 624T_(s). In this case, the V2X transmission signal of the V2X UE A100-1 may cause interference with reference cell uplink. Accordingly,there may be a problem in that the base station of the reference cellschedules radio resources. In order to solve such a problem, the basestation needs to provide information about a reference cell by takinginto consideration a situation in which the V2X UE has been located inthe area where the satellite signal becomes a criterion for time sync.

Another example is described below with reference to FIGS. 14a and 14 b.

FIGS. 14a and 14b are exemplary diagrams showing another example forillustrating the second disclosure of this specification.

As shown in FIG. 14a , if a criterion for time sync is a signal from asatellite (e.g., GNSS) and V2X UE has not received information about areference cell from a base station, the V2X UE performs V2X transmissionby applying a timing advance offset N_(TA,offset) based on a servingcell or a PCell.

Thereafter, when the criterion for time sync changes from the signal ofthe satellite (e.g., GNSS) to the base station, the timing advanceoffset N_(TA,offset) will also change.

For example, in a situation in which the reference cell has not beendefined with respect to the satellite (e.g., GNSS), if the V2X UE movesinto coverage of the base station, the timing advance offsetN_(TA,offset) changes from 624 T_(s) to 0 T_(s) as shown in FIG. 14b .In this case, a V2X transmission signal from the V2X UE A 100-1 maycause interference. Accordingly, there may be a problem in that aserving cell base station schedules radio resources. In order to solvesuch a problem, the base station has to provide information about areference cell by taking into consideration a situation in which the V2XUE has been located in the area where the signal of the satellite (e.g.,GNSS) becomes a criterion for time sync.

FIG. 15 is an exemplary diagram showing the second disclosure of thisspecification.

As shown in FIG. 15, although a satellite (e.g., GNSS) is a criterionfor time sync in coverage (IC), the second disclosure proposes that abase station determines a reference cell and notifies V2X UE of thereference cell.

Furthermore, if the satellite (e.g., GNSS) is a criterion for time syncout of coverage, the second disclosure proposes that the base stationdetermines a reference cell and notifies the V2X UE of the referencecell, and the V2X UE applies “N_(TA,offet)=0T_(s).”

Furthermore, if a signal from adjacent UE (e.g., called SyncRef UE) outof coverage is a criterion for time sync, the second disclosure proposesthat V2X UE applies “N_(TA,offet)=T_(s).”

The aforementioned proposals are summarized as follows.

A proposal 1: if the downlink signal of a base station is a criterionfor time sync, information about a reference cell is transferred to V2XUE so that the V2X UE may determine a timing advance offsetN_(TA,offset) to be applied for V2X transmission timing.

A proposal 2: if a signal from a satellite (e.g., GNSS) is a criterionfor time sync in coverage (IC), information about a reference cell istransferred to V2X UE so that the V2X UE may determine a timing advanceoffset N_(TA,offset) to be applied for V2X transmission timing.

A proposal 3: if a signal from a satellite (e.g., GNSS) is a criterionfor time sync out of coverage (OoC), a timing advance offsetN_(TA,offset) to be applied by V2X UE for V2X transmission timing may be0 Ts.

A proposal 4: if a signal from adjacent UE (or called SyncRef UE) is acriterion for time sync out of coverage (OoC), a timing advance offsetN_(TA,offset) to be applied by V2X UE for V2X transmission timing may be0 Ts.

As in the aforementioned proposals, although a criterion for time syncis a signal from a satellite (e.g., GNSS), a base station has to provideinformation about a reference cell to V2X UE. In particular, when asituation in which V2X UE moves and thus a serving cell and a referencecell are changed is taken into consideration, if a criterion for timesync is a signal from a satellite (e.g., GNSS), it may be effective thata base station provides information about the reference cell to the V2XUE.

The first disclosure and second disclosure of this specificationdescribed so far may be combined. For example, such a combination isdescribed with reference to FIG. 16.

FIG. 16 is an exemplary diagram showing a combination of the firstdisclosure and second disclosure of this specification.

Referring to FIG. 16, a base station measures and calculates a timingoffset (e.g., N_(GNSSoffset)) between its own downlink signal and asignal from a satellite and provides information about the calculatedtiming offset (e.g., N_(GHSSoffset)) to V2X UE.

Furthermore, although a criterion for time sync is the signal from thesatellite (e.g., GNSS), the base station provides information about areference cell to the V2X UE.

Accordingly, the V2X UE may determine V2X transmission timing using thetiming offset (e.g., N_(GNSSoffset)) and a timing advance offsetN_(TA,offset) according to the reference cell.

The aforementioned embodiments of the present invention may beimplemented through various means. For example, the embodiment of thepresent invention may be implemented by hardware, firmware, software ora combination of them. This is described in detail with reference toFIG. 17.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing a wireless communication system inwhich the disclosure of this specification is implemented.

The base station 200 includes a processor 201, memory 202, and a radiofrequency (RF) unit 203. The memory 202 is connected to the processor201 and stores a variety of pieces of information for driving theprocessor 201. The RF unit 203 is connected to the processor 201 andsends and/or receives a radio signal. The processor 201 implements theproposed functions, processes and/or methods. In the aforementionedembodiments, the operation of the base station may be implemented by theprocessor 201.

The UE 100 includes a processor 101, memory 102, and an RF unit 103. Thememory 102 is connected to the processor 101 and stores a variety ofpieces of information for driving the processor 101. The RF unit 103 isconnected to the processor 101 and sends and/or receives a radio signal.The processor 101 implements the proposed functions, processes and/ormethods.

According to the disclosure of the present invention, the problem of theconventional technology described above may be solved.

The processor may include application-specific integrated circuits(ASICs), other chipsets, logic circuits and/or data processors. Thememory may include read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM),flash memory, memory cards, storage media and/or other storage devices.The RF unit may include a baseband circuit for processing a radiosignal. When the aforementioned embodiment is implemented in software,the aforementioned scheme may be implemented into a module (process orfunction) that performs the above function. The module may be stored inthe memory and executed by the processor. The memory may be placedinside or outside the processor and may be connected to the processorusing a variety of well-known means.

In the above exemplary system, although the methods have been describedbased on the flowcharts in the form of a series of steps or blocks, thepresent invention is not limited to the sequence of the steps, and someof the steps may be performed in a different order from that of othersteps or may be performed simultaneous to other steps. Furthermore,those skilled in the art will understand that the steps shown in theflowchart are not exclusive and the steps may include additional stepsor that one or more steps in the flowchart may be deleted withoutaffecting the range of right of the present invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for determining transmission timing, themethod being performed by a vehicle to everything (V2X) terminal andcomprising: receiving information related to a direct frame number (DFN)offset; determining DFN timing based on the information related to theDFN offset, wherein a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) is asynchronization reference for the determination of the DFN timing;determining transmission timing based on the DFN timing, a timing offsetfor a sidelink communication with a neighboring terminal, and a timingadvance offset, wherein the transmission timing is determined based onapplying a value, which is based on sum of the timing offset for thesidelink communication and the timing advance offset, to a boundary ofsubframe, which is based on the DFN timing; and transmitting signal forthe sidelink communication based on the transmission timing.
 2. Themethod of claim 1, wherein the timing advance offset is equal to 0,based on that the V2X terminal is out of coverage of a base station andbased on that the synchronization reference is the GNSS.
 3. The methodof claim 1, wherein the time synchronization is performed based on thesignal of the GNSS, based on that the V2X terminal is located incoverage of a base station or out of coverage of the base station. 4.The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission timing is determinedbased on the DFN timing, and(N_(TA,SL)+N_(TA offset)+N_(GNSSoffset))·T_(S), wherein the N_(TA,SL) isrelated to a timing offset for a sidelink communication, theN_(GNSSoffset) is related to a timing offset for the GNSS, theN_(TA offset) is related to the timing advance offset, and the Ts is abasic time unit.
 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the DFN timing isdetermined based on applying the DFN offset to a timing obtained fromthe signal of the GNSS.
 6. A vehicle to everything (V2X) terminal fordetermining transmission timing, the terminal comprising: a transceiver;and a processor operatively connected to the transceiver and configuredto: control the transceiver to receive information related to a directframe number (DFN) offset; determine DFN timing based on the informationrelated to the DFN offset, wherein a global navigation satellite system(GNSS) is a synchronization reference for the determination of the DFNtiming; determine transmission timing based on the DFN timing, a timingoffset for a sidelink communication with a neighboring terminal, and atiming advance offset, wherein the transmission timing is determinedbased on applying a value, which is based on sum of the timing offsetfor the sidelink communication and the timing advance offset, to aboundary of subframe, which is based on the DFN timing; and transmitsignal for the sidelink communication based on the transmission timing.7. The V2X terminal of claim 6, wherein the timing advance offset isequal to 0, based on that the V2X terminal is out of coverage of a basestation and based on that the synchronization reference is the GNSS. 8.The V2X terminal of claim 6, wherein the time synchronization isperformed based on the signal of the GNSS, based on that the V2Xterminal is located in coverage of a base station or out of coverage ofthe base station.
 9. The V2X terminal of claim 6, wherein thetransmission timing is determined by(N_(TA,SL)+N_(TA offset)+N_(GNSSoffset))·T_(S), wherein the N_(TA,SL)indicates the timing offset applied for the sidelink communication, theN_(GNSSoffset) indicates the first timing offset, the N_(TA offset)corresponds to the second timing offset and indicates a timing advanceoffset and the Ts indicates a basic time unit.
 10. The V2X terminal ofclaim 6, wherein the DFN timing is determined based on applying the DFNoffset to a timing obtained from the signal of the GNSS.